There are films that run in extensive investigation and make you introspecate, and then there are others that do not have a pinch of practicality and reach the list of guilty pleasure surveillance of the audience. The last original Prime Video series, Call Bae, falls in the last category. It is essentially the story of a super rich in Bella “Bae” Chowdhary, who has been repudiated by his family and is now trying to restart his life from scratch in Mumbai.
Does it sound familiar? Well, that is because we have seen the story millions of times in the genres. Call me bae lend elements of similar works carried out in the past, including Schitt’s Creek, 2 Broke Girls and Aisha of Sonam Kapoor. I would remind you of the fashion poop of Kareena Kapoor Khan of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham …, or legally Blonde’s Sorority Queen turned into the law educated with the Harvard Reese Witherspoon on more than one occasion: the classic trope of an apparent air Air- Headed girl who, results, is a genius!
History
Panday’s character is repudiated by her super rich family after they catch her deceiving her husband
If I had to give it directly, call me Bae Falls in line with the typical teenagers of high school teenagers, which extend with a hoax and always have happy endings. Do you remember how Hannah Montana cheated everyone with just a wig and the magical world of Selena Gomez in Wizards of Waverly Place? The only difference here is that this original Amazon is established in current times, already a difference from previous works, widely incorporates the omnipresent world of social networks and, of course, a higher budget.
Call Bae begins with the super rich of Ananya Panday, Bella “Bae” Chowdhary, is expelled from his mansion of Delhi with soaked rain. He used to be flown in helicopters, addressing Rome to obtain a good pizza or give Crick equipment to his loved ones, he is now convicted. Without any of her friends and family ready to help, they are only her and her Gucci bags, full of attire and accessories of millions of dollars, against the world now. Determined to change his destiny, our protagonist decides to rebuild his life from scratch, in Mumbai. In the next seven episodes, we see her trying to adapt to a new reality and rewrite her life story. It is not necessary to say that she succeeds, sticking to the fairy tale format of the show!
The princess turned into Pauper experiences many news: staying in a shelter, cleaning herself, eating white bread that thought she had extinguished and experiencing a roof leak. She addresses a auto-rckshaw for the first time and continues to label it as a more brave version of Mini Coopers: a comparison that I will feed my anxious brain every time the monthly budgets are low.
Even when he misses his previous life and cares about the future, he gives his new life an honest opportunity and remains optimistic. The best part? She does not abandon her generosity, kindness and faith in humanity. She would give you second opportunities, would fight for your friendship and call a shovel for a shovel.
Call me bae is full of ingenious references of pop and bling culture
Bae’s character has been written to get you out of the reality of the world and restore your faith in the little good that remains in the world.
Although, if there was a debate about the series, many theorists could suggest that at some level, Bae always knew that his family would finally return it, and is on his way to enjoy pseudo poverty, a concept where the rich abandon their luxuries temporarily for have a new experience of how normal people live; for pure entertainment or a self -discovery facade. Well, if you expect practicality in a production by Karan Johaha, that depends on you.
As always, Johar has added a film extravagance, and everything is conveniently fitting for our protagonist. However, the series made me smile several times. Sometimes, a reminder of how good things can serve with a side of hope is just what we need, and Panday’s series did it for me. Her Behen code (The brother code that makes you prioritize your friends) to a simple recognition of being a defective human and, nevertheless, these edifying tropes felt reassuring.
Although if the program had been slightly connected to reality, things would have gone terribly badly for our damsel. In a tank economic scenario in which people adhere to their toxic works due to a starry market, BAE is receiving well -paid internship in a prestigious news channel. That also when your curriculum is just a compilation of eccentric courses such as communicating with your spiritual animal, psychic vegan cheese and wines, ethical design of emerald jewels, cyberfeminism, how to change the world a tweet at the same time, tissue of basket of basket of underwater basket, the list continues. If we could only change to this universe!
BAE of Ananya Panday has performed many extravagant courses in the program, such as “how to change the world, a tweet at the same time”
To attract the youth audience addicted to Instagram, call me Bae floods viewers with pop culture references that may not interest someone who is not familiar with them. But if it is updated with the latest trends that catch the fantasy of young people, it is prepared for a fun transmission stretch.
There are references to the rumored division of Jay-Z-Beyonce, the posterior parties to the Oscars of Jimmy Kimmel and even fifty shadows of gray. Panday even cites the popular dialogue of Joey Tribbinani of the friends of the American comedy: A moment on your lips, forever in the hips. Probably, that is why Prime Video has specifically categorized the program for the “Young Adult Hearing.”
Anyway. I was particularly impressed how the program skillfully captured the essence of social networks in a playful and identifiable way, effectively transmitting their generalized presence in our lives. Every time an online character, small emojis fly on our screen, and their Google searches are shown with a special emerging window, which makes the characters online experiences feel intimately familiar. The edition here is quite impressive. Panday’s Netflix film, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, who turned widely on the subject, had also stood out in the representation.
However, Call Bae is not just amazing fashion options, social networks and pop culture. It plays slightly sensitive subjects such as loneliness and the impact of child negligence. However, it is not a great job there. While the pain of his previously golden life in golden shit resonates well on the screens, the seriousness of the problem looks penetrating. The warm representation of dark aspects cannot recognize it as a potentially deadly problem.
We see the bubbly bae crying and talking to his bags, whom he has appointed, and clinging to every opportunity to talk to another human, even if he is a homeless criminal in jail. She strives to validate strangers on the Internet by publishing even the smallest updates of her life online. But that’s all. And Oh, by the way, she has also done many eccentric courses: how to communicate with her spiritual animal, vegan psychic pairing and wines, ethical design of emerald jewels, how Continue. However, Johaha’s series refrains from covering much darker aspects of loneliness, opting for a very lukewarm representation of the serious problem.
Characters
According to Karan Johaha, Bae of Ananya Panday is the modern equivalent of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Although, the series takes a serious excavation in contemporary journalism, especially television journalism. The message is strong and clear: real journalism is on the verge of extinction. We see talented journalists who are not allowed to take real stories of substance, simply because they do not have a sensational angle for them. There is a junior reporter who disguises herself as leopards and ghosts for a show instead of doing something fruitful. What metaphorical representation of the circus that some news channels have been reduced to today! There is even a magazine cover with a propaganda that says: “What to wear when they catch you cheating.” Christ!
Stand-up comedian, vir das, shines as a narcissistic journalist who believes that the nation is a “beast” who wants to feed on sensationalism. He would blatantly reveal the personal lives of people on national television and magnify irrelevant facts in his reports to add the spice. For him, the drama and attire of the Pakistan office include a Lux coat and a boxer. (Someone, remember that the days of work from home have ended, and it is not a half -day zoom meeting). Cheap news tickers in their interview program read “Our truth is better than their truth” and “this problem needs a fabric.”
In a scene, he shouts: “Mujhe drugs do it” [give me drugs] While a fighter alleges to be dopped before a game. Remembered someone? Well, we have special journalists who love to harass people in their shows on behalf of the nation they want to know. It shouldn’t be so difficult to guess. The satirical representation of DAS is in point.
On the contrary, DAS has never been shy to express his opinion on the rotten political state of the country and the horrendous role of little ethical journalists who feed the decline, in real life. It seems to have found the perfect way to channel his frustration through his character in Call Bae, especially after he was previously expelled from certain states of India for his alleged anti-nation feelings in a Netflix comedy special Therefore he later won an Emmy.
The series also has a brief cameo of the independent journalist Faye Desouza, who looks giving thanks to the serious journalists who abandon television if they want to make a real difference. Dsouza is also known for being brutally honest about the barbaric decomposition of journalistic ethics, and his brief period in the program makes a lot of sense.
Call me Bae review: verdict
Call bae me pretends well as a series of feeling good where practicality is replaced by the fairy tale life version
The Ananya Panday series could not break a new land or immerse itself deeply in complex issues. In fact, it is predictable, cheesy and full of plenary that will make you sigh. Admitted. But that is exactly what makes it a fun and meaningless watch. Call Me Bae’s tone is too enthusiastic, unrealistic and completely dreamy, as well as its delusional protagonist. It is a program you use when you want your brain cells to rest and feed on a meaningless comedy. Do not expect a brain or visceral experience; Call me Bae never promised to be one. We already have many of those films and shows.
Call Me Bae is a fantasy world where everything falls in his place, and our protagonist finds strange too supportive who become his best friends in a surprisingly short time. It is a revolcon in the style of Karan Johaha, who borrows the best fragments of his previous works. While it is not a cinematographic masterpiece, Call me bae has its unique rhythm. It is a strange, delusional and dearly optimistic story that creates its own bubble.
Qualification: 8/10
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